{"id":1130,"date":"2012-01-27T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T18:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2012-01-29T08:18:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T08:18:19","slug":"cherry-blossom-and-dragonfly-tsuba-pendant-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHere’s the pendant with most of the areas sawed out with a jeweler’s saw and tiny, tiny blade.<\/p>\n

After a lot of filing to begin smoothing the saw cuts (thanks to my lousy sawing skills), I began cutting away the center section.<\/p>\n

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\nIn this image I’ve engraved a lot of parallel lines in order to lower this surface down.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here I’ve begun cutting down to the bottom of those trenches with a flat graver.<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, I’ve begun to smooth out the center area.<\/p>\n

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\nHere, I’ve textured the center area, with a small, blunt steel punch. \u00a0Mounted on a sword, this area would be hidden by ovals of another metal, often copper, \u00a0but I feel like I have to do something different, since there won’t be any of these ovals on this pendant.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd here it is with a quick and dirty patina, to start evaluating how this will appear when finished. \u00a0Since shibuichi is a copper based alloy, it will eventually darken, so hopefully this is somelthing like it will eventually look. \u00a0I think it’s looking good so far…But, lots more to go on this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s the pendant with most of the areas sawed out with a jeweler’s saw and tiny, tiny blade. After a lot of filing to begin smoothing the saw cuts (thanks to my lousy sawing skills), I began cutting away the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23],"tags":[19,9,3,7,17,16,26,25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-ie","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1057,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1057","url_meta":{"origin":1130,"position":0},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 1","date":"January 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's my next project attempt! It's a tsuba (Japanese sword guard) pendant with cherry branches, cherry blossoms and a dragonfly. The first image is a Photoshopped version of two antique tsuba, and the second image is my pattern I drew from that. I cast a small shibuichi ingot (precious Japanese\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1139,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1139","url_meta":{"origin":1130,"position":1},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 4","date":"January 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Above, I've used a punch to smooth the flower and adjust the texture of the big branch at left. Here above, I've been working more on the flowers and branches, carving out the cavities in the flowers with a tiny carbide ball burr. Here, I used a blunt, rounded punch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_25.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1148,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1148","url_meta":{"origin":1130,"position":2},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 6","date":"February 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Finally finishing this one up. Above, have cut the ribs in the dragonfly wings, and begun the texture on the wings. Above, the wings are finished. Above, everything finished, and patina applied. Above, finished with the carving, patina applied, and inked. Only have to affix the chain, and it's ready\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_49.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1137,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1137","url_meta":{"origin":1130,"position":3},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 3","date":"January 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Above, removing more out of the center area, and texturing it as I cut it away. Here, starting to round the branches (at 9 o'clock on the pendant), and relieving the rear wings of the dragonfly. Continuing on with the branches, and carving on the flower at 8 o'clock. Above,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_15.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1143,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1143","url_meta":{"origin":1130,"position":4},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 5","date":"January 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"More cherry flowers, at 4 o'clock. Above, with a quick patina. And here, starting to round out the dragonfly parts, just rough carved so far with carbide burrs. OK, above is the dragonfly body carved. \u00a0Now to work on the wings - I have to decide how to make the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_34.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2352,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2352","url_meta":{"origin":1130,"position":5},"title":"Engraving and Carving Antler – Celtic Lizard Pendant","date":"September 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, engraving the tiny Orca knife in antler was so much fun, I just had to continue on in the same vein, so the Celtic Lizard pendant was born. \u00a0A little less than 2 inches tall, engraved and carved from naturally-shed elk antler, with a titanium backing and massive silver\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"Antler_Celtic_Lizard_Pendant_6aWeb","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Antler_Celtic_Lizard_Pendant_6aWeb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}